Turn off Automatic Download of updates on Win8 machines

Enables or disables the automatic download of app updates on PCs running Windows 8.If you enable this setting the automatic download of app updates is turned off.If you disable this setting the automatic download of app updates is turned on.If you don't configure this setting the automatic download of app updates is determined by a registry setting that the user can change using Settings in the Windows Store.

Policy path: 

Windows Components\Store

Scope: 

Machine

Supported on: 

At least Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry settings: 

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore!AutoDownload

Filename: 

WinStoreUI.admx

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